2012 Championship

Jul 26, 2011

ALBANY, N.Y. - The 2012 ECAC Men’s Hockey Championship
marked the 10th year of the league's championship format featuring
a 12-team championship held over three weekends. From
1998-02, the league conducted a 10-team tournament with five teams
advancing to the championship round.

ECAC Hockey tournament play commenced Friday, March 2 when the
conference's Nos. 5-8 seeds, as determined by the final
regular-season standings, hosted teams ranked Nos. 9-12 in
first-round action. All series were best-of-three games and were
played on the campuses of the higher-seeded teams.

The four first-round series winners advanced to quarterfinals
action to face the conference's top four teams as determined by the
final regular-season standings. The best-of-three games
series were played on the campuses of the top four seeds March
9-11.

The conference's top four teams in 2011-12, as determined by the
outcome of quarterfinals action, gathered at Boardwalk Hall to
determine the conference tournament's 51st champion. The highest
remaining seed from the quarterfinals hosted the lowest remaining
seed; the second highest remaining seed hosted the third highest
remaining seed.

As part of the championship, ECAC Hockey conducted its annual
awards banquet.